For Immediate Release

12/20/2021

Single Vehicle Injury Accident

Date: 12/20/2021

Location: 1200 St. Joe River Dr.

Time: 10:13 am

Details:

The Fort Wayne Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team is investigating a single vehicle accident involving injury that occurred today at roughly 10:13 am.  Preliminary information indicates that a beige Oldsmobile cutlass was traveling west on St. Joe River Dr. when the vehicle went off the roadway running into a tree in front of 1236 St. Joe River Dr.   The adult male driver was the only occupant in the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries in the accident.  The driver was transported to a local hospital by TRAA. 

At this time it is unknown what caused the accident.  St. Joe River Dr. was closed for just under an hour while the Fatal Accident Crash Team and the Air Support Unit finished processing the scene.  This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Allen County Prosecutors Office.